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BACK TO THE GRIND
Conference play resumes this week for the Southern Connecticut State University volleyball team with two NE10 matches. The Owls travel to Assumption on Tuesday night before a Friday night home affair against Bentley.

ALL-TIME VS. ASSUMPTION
The Owls lead the all-time series with Assumption, 10-6. SCSU claimed a 3-1 win over the Greyhounds at Pelz Gym last season.

ALL-TIME VS. BENTLEY
The Falcons have a 22-2 advantage in the all-time series with the Owls. Bentley captured a 3-0 win over the Owls last year at home.

LAST TIME OUT
Senior Alexandria Jurgens and junior Leanna Jadus each posted a pair of double-doubles as the Southern Connecticut State University volleyball team swept an important non-conference pair against New York Tech and Wilmington (Del.) on Saturday. With the victories, the Owls' extended their winning streak to three games.
• Jadus tallied 20 kills and 26 digs in the opener against NYIT and added 12 kills and 15 digs against Wilmington. Her 20 kills matched a single-game career-high, while the 26 digs were a new career-high. Jadus also registered 64 attempts in the first match, which tied for the fourth-highest single-game total in school history – giving her now the top four single-game attempt totals at SCSU.
• Jurgens contributed 27 assists and 17 digs in the opener and 18 assists and 10 digs in the nightcap. The 27 assists were a new career-high for Jurgens.
• Gabriela Vazquez returned to the lineup against NYIT and posted 14 kills, 31 digs and 60 attempts. Her 31 digs were a single-game high and tied for the third-best single-game total in school history, while her 60 attempts were a career-high as well.
• Southern had four players with double-digit kills and four with double-digit kills against NYIT.
• Alyssa Gage posted 13 kills against NYIT and added 11 against Wilmington, while also finishing that game with a .611 hitting percentage..
• Alexandra Nimz had a team-high 29 assists against NYIT and added 17 against Wilmington, one off the team-high.
• Anna Venard recorded 20 digs against NYIT, while Kirstin Colwell totaled 10 kills.

DOUBLE-DOUBLE TRACKER
Leanna Jadus - 11
Alexandria Jurgens - 7
Gabriela Vazquez - 6
Alexandra Nimz - 3

HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS
The Owls bring an 8-1 home mark into the week's action. The single-season record for home wins is 14, set during the 2009 season.

OWLS AMONG THE NE10 LEADERS
Coming into the week:
• Leanna Jadus is first in kills (220) and total attempts (659), second in kills/set (3.79) and third in service aces/set (0.57).
• Alyssa Gage is second with a .363 hitting percentage, just .01 back of the top spot.

JADUS EARNS WEEKLY HONOR ROLL SPOT...X2
Leanna Jadus was named to the NE10 weekly honor roll on Sept. 26 for her play against Pace and St. Anselm. Jadus averaged 5.0 kills and 2.5 digs per set in a 1-1 week for the Owls, along with a .306 hitting percentage. She registered a double-double with 17 kills and 13 digs in a win over Pace and added a team-high 13 kills against Saint Anselm.

JADUS EARNS SECOND PLAYER OF WEEK HONOR
Leanna Jadus was selected as the NE10 Player of the Week for the second time this year on Sept. 19. She led the Owls to a 2-0 week with triumphs over Queens and LeMoyne. Jadus posted a double-double in the win over LeMoyne with a game-high 18 kills and 14 digs and also had a game-high 10 kills in the win over Queens. She had 3.5 kills and 2.1 digs per set for the Owls.

JADUS EARNS WEEKLY HONOR ROLL SPOT
Leanna Jadus was named to the NE10 weekly honor roll for her play in the Owls' matches against Molloy, Bloomfield, LIU-Post, Post and Nyack.

NIMZ NETS 2,000
Alexandra Nimz recorded the 2,000th assist of her career in the win over Bloomfield and has 2,235 coming into the week. That tally is second all-time in SCSU history.

JURGENS MAKING A STATEMENT
Alexandria Jurgens has seen increased action in a setter's role since the opening week, and has fared well in that role. In fact, she narrowly missed her second career triple-double in the matches against LIU-Post and Molloy. Jurgens posted eight kills along with 17 assists and 13 digs against LIU-Post and had seven kills, 17 assists and 14 digs against Molloy. Jurgens is the last Owl to record a triple-double, posting a line of 11 kills, 19 assists and 12 digs in a win over LeMoyne on Oct. 8, 2016.

JADUS NAMED NE10 PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Leanna Jadus powered the Owls to a 3-0 opening week with triumphs over Bridgeport, Dominican and Georgian Court, posting two double-doubles in the process. For her efforts, she was named the NE10 Player of the Week. She averaged 4.22 kills and 3.78 digs per set while also hitting at a .281 clip. Jadus led the Owls in kills against Dominican and had double-doubles against Bridgeport and Georgian Court.

GAGE MAKES AN IMPACT
Junior transfer Alyssa Gage fit right into the Owls' rotation during the opening weekend. She posted a team-high .452 hitting percentage in the Owls' three wins, including a perfect 1.000 (7-for-7) mark in the opening win over Dominican, which established a new SCSU single-game record (min. 7 kills).

OFF AND RUNNING
The 4-0 start for the Owls was Southern's first since the 2009 season. That squad set a program record for consecutive wins to start a campaign with 13.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE
Southern's win over Bridgeport on Sept. 3 was the Owls' first over the Purple Knights since the 1999 season.

JURGENS HITS HALF-MILENNIUM MARK
Alexandria Jurgens tallied her 500th career kill in the win over Georgian Court on Sept. 3.

JADUS MOVES UP THE CHARTS
Leanna Jadus is now in fourth place in program history in career attempts with 2,775. She moved past Kristen Wynus, who had 2,671 as an Owl, last week. Next up is Megan Lyons, who totaled 2,802 during her four-year career. She also moved past Nekane Mendizabal and Wynus for third place in career kills (822) in the match against Wilmington.

A GOOD WAY TO START
The Owls had a pair of four-game homestands during the course of the 2017 season, including the opening four contests. The second four-game homestand took place later in September with matches against New Haven, Concordia, New York Tech and Wilmington.

LOOKING BACK AT LAST YEAR
Southern Connecticut finished the 2016 season with an overall record of 15-19 and a conference record of 4-10. The Owls improved on both their overall and NE10 win totals from the season prior.

THE CAPTAINS
For the second year in a row, senior Nicole Hauser will serve as a team captain. In addition, classmate Alexandra Nimz and junior Leanna Jadus will also fill this role in 2017.

RETURNING TO THE COURT
The Owls have 11 student-athletes returning from last year's team, including Alexandra Nimz, Nicole Hauser, Jourdan Hodge, Alexandria Jurgens, Anna Venard, Tea Carter, Gabriela Vazquez, Jennifer Dawson, Jenixza Febles, Jillian Chambers and Leanna Jadus.

OWLS WELCOME THREE NEWCOMERS
The Owls welcome three student-athletes to the team this year: Kirstin Colwell, Alyssa Gage and Gabriella Welsh.

THRIVING IN THE CLASSROOM
The American Volleyball Coaches Association recognized Southern Connecticut State University for the second year in a row with its Team Academic Award during the summer of 2017. In addition, the Owls were also the 2017 recipients of SCSU's Academic Team of Champions Award for having the highest team grade point average of any Owls' squad.

IN THE NE10 PRESEASON POLL
Southern Connecticut was selected 11th in the NE10 Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll, as voted on by the league's coaches.
2017 NE10 Conference Volleyball Preseason Coaches' Poll
1. AIC - 185 (8)
2. New Haven - 178 (4)
3. Le Moyne - 166
4. Adelphi - 160 (3)
5. Pace - 139
6. Saint Anselm - 129
7. Bentley - 128
8. Franklin Pierce - 98
9. Stonehill - 96
10. SNHU - 72
11. SCSU - 65
12. Saint Rose - 64
13. Merrimack - 42
14. Assumption - 41
15. Saint Michael's - 20

IMPACTING THE RECORD BOOKS
Among active Owls:
• Nicole Hauser has three of the five triple-doubles in program history, and also holds the single-match record with 25 kills. 
• Alexandra Nimz is ranked second all-time at SCSU in career assists. She also holds a share of the single-match record with 56 assists (set last year against Assumption) as well as two of the top-seven single-season assist marks in school history.
• Leanna Jadus ranks first all-time in single-season attempts and also posted the third-highest single-season kill mark in program history. Jadus also holds the top four of the top five single-game attempt tallies and four of the top-eight single-game kill marks in school history.
• Alexandria Jurgens is the last Owl to record a triple-double, posting a line of 11 kills, 19 assists and 12 digs in a win over LeMoyne on Oct. 8, 2016.

ON DECK
The Owls are back in action on Oct. 10 for a home match against Saint Rose.